Area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) entails the integration of different control tactics against an entire pest population within a circumscribed area, while given adequate attention to human health and the environment. For most insect pests including tsetse, AW-IPM results in more sustainable pest control and the concept has gained significantly in importance in the last decade.

Most of AW-IPM programmes are management intensive and technically complex, requiring an in-depth knowledge of the ecology and population dynamics of the target insect. Before embarking on a tsetse AW-IPM control programme a detailed entomological baseline data survey needs to be implemented to collect essential data on tsetse species present in the target area, their distribution, and seasonal and spatial dynamics of the population. Especially when the target area is large, the surveys need to be conducted in carefully selected sites that are representative for larger areas.

These guidelines provide, aside from some basic information on the biology of tsetse flies, guidance on the development and implementation of an entomological survey to collect essential baseline data using modern spatial tools such as geographic information systems (GIS), satellite imagery, remote sensing, land use land cover maps, the Global Position System, etc. The document also provides guidance on the use of a specifically designed database for tsetse entomological surveys in the context of an AW-IPM programme.

Table of contents



Foreword (Download Foreword 271 Kb)

Section 1
Basic Biology and Anatomy of the Tsetse Fly

1.1. Introduction (Download 1.1, 1.2 307 Kb)

1.2. External Anatomy

1.3. Internal Anatomy (Download 1.3, 1.4 204 Kb)


1.4. Life Cycle


1.5. Identification of Tsetse Flies (Download 1.5 754 Kb)


1.6. Glossary of Terms (Download 1.6, 1.7 196 Kb)


1.7. Tsetse Distribution


Section 2
Planning and Preparation of a Baseline Data Survey


2.1. Identification of a Potential Project Area (Download 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 168 Kb)


2.2. Objectives of the Survey


2.3. Designing a Sampling Strategy

2.4. Preparatory Phase (Download 2.4 1337 Kb)

Section 3
Implementation of a Baseline Data Survey

3.1. Sampling Devices (Download 3.1 280 Kb)

3.2. Entomological Procedures (Download 3.2 292 Kb)

3.3. Genetic Analysis (Download 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 328 Kb)

3.4. Reporting


3.5. Examples of Grid Based Tsetse Surveys

3.6. Equipment and Materials Required

References (Download References, Links, Glossary, Acronyms, Suppliers 159 Kb)
Annex 1

Links to web pages
Annex 2

Glossary
Annex 3

Acronyms
Annex 4

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